aljazeera.sh

#!/usr/bin/env sh
# Watch Al Jazeera live stream with mplayer. You can specify the
# quality as argument by passing either "low", "high" or "veryhigh"
# to the script. If nothing is given it defaults to "veryhigh".

function printUsage() {
        echo "Please pass no arguments or either \"low\", \"high\" or \"veryhigh\". No arguments defaults to \"veryhigh\"."
}

# default quality
PLAYPATH="aljazeera_en_veryhigh"

# test for possible quality parameter
if [ $# -gt 1 ]; then
        printUsage
        exit 1
elif [ $# -eq 1 ]; then
        case $1 in
          low)
                PLAYPATH="aljazeera_en_low"
                ;;
          high)
                PLAYPATH="aljazeera_en_high"
                ;;
          veryhigh)
                PLAYPATH="aljazeera_en_veryhigh"
                ;;

          *)
                printUsage
                exit 1
        esac
fi

# Call rtmpdump and mplayer
rtmpdump -v -r rtmp://livestfslivefs.fplive.net/livestfslive-live/ -y "${PLAYPATH}" -a "aljazeeraflashlive-live" -o -| mplayer -